"The past week has brought positive news in commercial flight traffic across the board. The US and Europe are inching closer to 2019 levels, both only about 14% down from the same week in 2019. After a rough couple of months, commercial airline traffic in China is also starting to pick back up, with average flights per day up 28% in the last week alone."
- James Sulak, President, FlightAware
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | June 5 - June 12
Flights per Day:
2022: 25,777
2021: 23,447
2020: 9,716
2019: 29,911
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +10%
2022 vs. 2020: +165%
2022 vs. 2019: -14%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Weekly Average | June 5 - June 12
Flights per Day:
2022: 83,537
2021: 63,391
2020: 30,075
2019: 103,222
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +32%
2022 vs. 2020: +178%
2022 vs. 2019: -19%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Weekly Average | June 5 - June 12
Flights per Day:
2022: 23,820
2021: 10,917
2020: 3,135
2019: 27,550
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +118%
2022 vs. 2020: +660%
2022 vs. 2019: -14%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Weekly Average | June 5 - June 12
Flights per Day:
2022: 6,556
2021: 11,785
2020: 9,788
2019: 13,887
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: -44%
2022 vs. 2020: -33%
2022 vs. 2019: -53%
Commercial Airline: Any scheduled passenger airline flights. The FAA refers to these as Part 121 and Part 129 traffic. The airline numbers shown in this report do not include canceled flights.
Quick Stats: Business Aviation Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | June 5 - June 12
Flights per Day:
2022: 13,081
2021: 12,528
2020: 7,828
2019: 10,306
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +4%
2022 vs. 2020: +67%
2022 vs. 2019: +27%
Business Aviation: Any turbine general aviation flights that are not commercial or cargo airlines. The FAA refers to these as Part 91 or 135 traffic.
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